Okay, I bought some Pigma Pens today. They don't seem to be easy to use - or is it the operator??? I can't get a very dark line unless I go over it three times, and it moves the fabric that I am practicing on (does that happen in a block or on a finished quilt?) Is there a better alternative?
Thanks Martha/joysjane
iron on some butcher paper behind the area where you want to sign and see if that helps.
or iron it to freezer paper or if none of that handy... how about the wrapping on the computer printer paper. if its got one side shiney and one side not shiney, then it should work. just iron to the shiney side and see if that holds it stable enough to write on. a hot dry iron for a few seconds will do. easy peasy really. jeanne
You could also put your fabric on a block of sandpaper so the fabric doesn't slide.
The "Zig Writer" pens in the scrapbooking department are much easier to write on fabric with. They're also archival and don't bleed. They come in several colors too.
Freezer paper is harder to come by out here so we tape the fabric to a flat hard surface - usually my table since I have laminate benches in the sewing room (LOL). Masking tape at each corner is usually enough.
I have often formatted the writing in a word document on the PC and printed it out. If the fabric is light-coloured the type will show through enough to be traced and give straight lines and even spacing.
I usually use a small sheet of fine sandpaper underneath fabric I want to write on. The very fine pens are more difficult than, say, a 0.3 or
0.5 (yours may be graded differently?). However, when I had mislaid my piece of sandpaper for a while >gOkay, I bought some Pigma Pens today. They don't seem to be easy to use -Do what everybody else has suggested to stabilize the fabric, but also write more slowly! Roberta in D
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I prefer using Identi-pens. They're made by the same company and come in 8 colors. They have a dual tip so you can choose to make a fine or wider line. You can find them in JoAnns. You can also order them (and other pens) online at
Thanks for all the suggestions. Will try some and see if that helps!!
joysjane/Martha
I don't know, Martha, it sounds like to me they might be kind of dried out. Maybe they had their caps off at some point. What is the thickness of the tip? It's on the top of the cap.
Cindy
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